#poetry

"Broken [10w] + {Couplet} "His gifts have become broken things, hidden from my view,Sitting on a shelf, above my shoes, like exterminated Jews."

"In fact she herself once blamed meKyprogeneiabecause I prayed this word:I want."

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"The Coming of LightEven this late it happens:the coming of love, the coming of light. You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, sending up warm bouquets of air.Even this late the bones of the body shine and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath."

"Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future."

"Vanessa insisted that film was exactly like poetry. Nothing necessarily had to happen; you just had to feel something."

"Resist much, obey little."

"Birds [10w] When a bird wakens, flight is no longer a dream."

"With all honesty, somewhere between the hello and the dreams I saw you in I fell in love."

"She wildly burned for the one she loved and he stood there watching, hoping he too would catch a blaze from the violence stirring in her heart."

"A Note from Time Management [10w] Our time machine's temporarily out of order. Come back yesterday."

"she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly."

"The Poet's Mind In so many ways I walk ablaze in a maze,my eyes in a glaze, my mind in a daze,this poem's just a phrase in the latency phase,rephrase, rephrase, rephrase..."

"What Women Want [10w] What women want is a feeling of security with abs."

"1953 It seems the world has gone downhill since the year Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Everest."

"Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless."

"Poetic inspiration is all around us, and it surrounds us like silent music that makes our hearts vibrate. Any time you give or receive love, you are a part of a living poem."

"Poetry in a Bottle [10w] If you could bottle poetry you'd have one addictive drink."

"Comments Being the first to comment on a poem,is like breaking a bottle of champagneagainst the hull of a new ship."

"Kaddish Kaddish for Mrs. Ginsbergis not Kaddish,For your mom raised a Buddhistand mine raised a Jew.You'll zazen for your loss,I'll daven for mine.I do not belittle your loss,your grief is no less than mine.But by abandoning your tribe, אלון,Who now will say Kaddish for you?"